It’s still a little early to count to 12.

That’s a majority of a committee’s members and thus the votes needed to send a bill to the House floor.

However, there’s plenty of work to do that will make it more likely I can count to 12.

Some examples from my completed list of tasks this weekend and today:

Start counting votes in the backroom (the committee leadership), whose support is crucial to a favorable outcome in the full committee.

Meet with representatives for three executive branch agencies to coordinate and simplify the friendly amendments they might offer to my bill.

Send a letter to civil right organizations in the state seeking their support for a fair employment bill.

Read the letter one agency sent me and forward to it another in the hope that it will adopt a similar policy.

Edit the testimony for my two bills being heard tomorrow.